IT WAS A GIGANTIC BLUFFWITH DISASTER INITS WAKE

Counsel for the Fair Heirs Despair of Proving Con-spiracy Out of Mrs. Craven's

Mouth.

CHAGRINED BY THEIRFAILURE.

ttory of Governor Badd's En-thusiasm Over the "Pen-

cil"

Will.

'MORE IN IT THAN IN THELEGISLATURE"

He Cau'ioned Mrs Craven to CherishH r Secret and CorfiJe in

None but Him

The climax has been reached.Tuat gigantic bluff essayed by the attor-

neys for the Fair heirs, namely, to proveout of Mrs. Craven's mouth a foul con-spiracy to loot the estate of the dead mil-lionaire, was "called" by the lady's coun-sel the moment it was made, two days Iago, when rhe request was made for per-mission to temporarily withdraw the ladyfrom the witnes--stand. No inkling ofthe promised conspiracy had been proved,and the attorneys for Mrs. Craven opposedtv« attempt to halt and go a-iishing inanother direction. T;.e discomfited bar-ri-ters hesitated to show thrir hand, so tospeak, and rather ttmn suffer then andthere the chagrin that was inevitable,they continued to huriss the lady with anendles? tire of questions, relevant and ir-relevant.

This lasted until yesterday, when camethe show-down that had to come.

Inordpr not to render the retreat too dis-orderly Mr. Wheeler arose and once morebese*ched the court to let him just with-draw Mr*.Craven temporarily so that nemight introduce some other "conspiracy"evidence and t en recall her ior furtherexamination. But Judge black ruled ashe had repeatedly ruled before— that bywithdrawing the witne-s the attorneyswould sacrifice the privilege of furtherdireci examination. So Wheeler ju-tregistered a formal exception to the rul-ing and surrendered

—the jig was uj>.

The usuai dense crowd was in attend-ance and throughout the session main-tained that rapt and eager interest thathas characterized the lobby since the be-ginning ot this great trial nine weeks a o.Mrs. Craven resumed the witness-standlmmediaely upon tne bailiffrapping fororder. She was looking much better thanshe aid on Wednesday, moving aboutwith more spryness and replying to Mr.Wheeler's conundrums with more spiritand audibility.

Wheeler started off by unrolling thedeposition that Mrs. Craveji made severalmonths ago and reading to her from itcertain bits of evidence on which he de-sired tocross-examine her. He paid par-ticular attention to that part of her narra-tive wherein she discussed the efforts oftne representatives of the Fair heirs tocompromise with her.

She reiterated what she said at thattime, namely, that she was informed re-liably that Richard Dye had been author-ized by the heirs 10 pay her $-500,000 pro-vided she relinquished her claims on theFair estate. She said she nnderstood bythat agreement that she was to give upall ofher papers.

"Did you not understand that youwould be required to prove the genuine-ness of your papers before Mr. Dye wouldpay you that money?

'asked Mr.Wheeler.

"Why, there was no ques.'.on about theirgenuineness," she replied, quickly.

This was not the kind of an answerWheeler wanted, and he asked that it bes:ricken from the record as being not re-sponsive to the question. Judge Slack,however, thought the reply was suffici-ently responsive to remain, and he soruleit.

"You understood, did you not, madam,that ilyour papers were not genuine youwould receive no money?' 1

•'Of course, that must have been under-stood. But, then, as Isaid before, therewas no question at that time about theirgenuineness. Everybody kn>-w they wereallright and wanted to buy them."

The subject of the $500,000 compromisewas dropped. Mrs. Craven was shown the"reDublication" letter of December 16,1894

—the letter written to her by Senator

la.r, in wiiicu he tells why he executed Ithe pencil will and the deeds. She was Iasked ifshe had ever showed that docu-ment to any of the attorneys for the heirs.She said she had not, but she rememberedthat Mr. Roberts showed Reuben Lloyd acopy of it. She also told Russell J. Wil-son about it.

At ibis point the lawyers who havemade a failure of their project to proveconspiracy by Mrs. Craven made an ef-fort at an orderly retreat. Wheeler tookthe floor and renewed his modest requestfor the privilege of withdrawing the lady

from the stand temporarily, in order thathe might fish elsewhere for something tobolster up the conspiracy accusations.

judge Slack ruled again that the directexamination would have to be completed

before the witness could bo withdrawn.Mr. Wheeler heaved a sigh that was

akin to a sob, and then admitted that hehad no more questions to ask the witnes-.

Mr. Delmas then took his client in handfor cross-examination. He beean by ask-ingher about her connection with educa-tional work during her life. She said shehad been identified with the fcfan Fran-cisco School Department since 1879, andduring that time had served as teacher, asprincipal and as a member of the Board ofExaminers. Prior to 1879 she taught

school in Llinois and lowa, but that waswaen sne was quite young and previous

to ber marriage. Mrs. Craven said she

was attending to ncr duties as principal of

the Mi-sion Grammar School when *he

was nubpenaed by one of Mr. Wi eeler's°Biefore Mrs. Craven had progressed far

the oppoEing attorneys clinched on thequestion as to whether or not the cross-examiner could bring out evidence rela-tive to matters dating back to before Sen-ator Fair's death.

Wheeler claimed that this could not be

done for the reason that he. on direct ex-amination, bad asked the witness only

with reference to matters occurring sub-sequent to Fair's death.

Judge Curtis, the "will-smasher," re-plied that the very fact that the disputed

deeds purported to hava been given to

Mr«. Craven for "love and affection" en-titled the defendant to show all of herrelations witn Senator Fair. It entitledher to the right to show why those deedsshould have been mad* over 10 ber by the

Senator.Quite a lengthy argument followed, and

the court finally ruled that for the present

the cross-examination ?houid be confinedtomatters occurring after Senator Fair'sdeath.

Mr. Pelmas went around the ruling,

however, by asking the witness to relatethe circumstances under which she got ac-quainted with MartinKelly. Mrs. Cray . isaid that some six years ago Senator F ;irwas anxious that she ihould get the nomi-nation for Superintendent of Schools. Hetold her that MartinKelly and Phil Crini-mins were running Republican politics,and as they were friends of hi* he would jinterest them in her behalf. He sought !out Kellyand sent him to Mrs. Craven'ibonss.

Wheeler rained in objections to all ofthis evidence. He seemed most anxiousto prevent anything getting in that wouldprove th.,t Mis. Craven dul not pet ac-qClaimed with Martin Kelly fur the pur-pose of hatching up the frightful con-spiracy that culminated in the swoopdown <o the Fair estate.

Mr. Dclmas charged Wheeler with har-birinu a desire to leave nothing but a |blackening inference on the record ratherthan irrant Mrs. Craven simple justice."Ithins mis is relevant," he said, "un-

less you are to accuse every man who hasever spoken to a political boss. Andagain what a political bos-* is, 1 wouldrefer to the better definition of my friendson the other side if thpy know what Ido.Boss Buckley, for instance, Ihave heardhis name, and Boss Hurgins, Ihave heardhis name, and Buss Kelly,Ihave heardhis name also.

"Now, is the mere fact that a person asa candidate for otlice comes in contactIwith any one of those persons a fact fromwhich an inference of impropriety can bbdrawn? Isubmit not, a;jd Ipropose toshow by this lady that that was all there |was of ii. She wanted to be what many jan excellent lady in this State has been jand is to-day

—Superintendent of Public i

\u25a0schools. Mr. Kelly, who then tiad or was !BOppo <'d to have some political power,either as a boss or otherwise, was sent toher house by a friend, :f you plenae, an<i

'tier relations witn him were upon that jsubject and none o:her, and that was the !beginning of this a quaintance to which;so niuih cnniiia ity was ascib d.

"I» it is not proper to snow the nature i

Iof the acquaintance, ifyour Honor please, !!why was it that counsel askei how far

back that acquaintance went? Itis pro-l.osed to show by them that tho acquain-tance and the relations in is;<s and up tothe pre>ent time have been those of con-spirators, dark lantern and meetings atni<ht and all that sort of tuing, to lootthis impoverished estate, and any way to'show that that was the relation

—they by

!inference go back and show that these!improper relations oi those conspirators,midnight marauders, have existed lor six|years past.

•'1propose to show that the whole thingjis innocent. Can we not skow ttiiit it be-!«an innocently, and that it continued in-|nocently, and that it was none the lessIinnocent because the ladj'ln the face of

these charges that have t>ee» hutledj against her has had the courage— lwas!ro>ng to say almost the manhood

—to see

this man in spite of all this every evening

since then?"Judge Slack gave bis ruling on the ques-

tion that had beer, discussed as soon ascourt reconvened for the afternoon session.H<9 saiJ that he thought that the cross-examination should be iimited, and there-fore sustained Wheeler's oojection.

Mr.Delmas brought out the desired in-formation by another route, however.

"How long did Martin Kelly remain atyour house the day be calied?" he asked.

'•About half an hour ormore. Mr. MaxPopper was thure, too. He was the chair-man of the Democratic Central Commit-tee."

Wheeler wanted the reference to Popperstricken out, but the court ruled againsthim.

"Did you securo what you desired fromthe gentlemen?"

Wheeler also objected to this and got afavorable ruling.

"Did you have any business with Mr.Kelly from that time up to 1805 when theLegislature convened?"

"1 think not.""You were a member of a committee

that went to that Le^is:a'ure to urge thepas-age of a certain measure, were younot?""iwas.""Who were the other members?""Fred M. Campbell, Miss Murphy and

j Mrs. Bradley.""Did you iiave a secretary for that com-

mittee?"An affirmative reply was elicited. Con-

tinuing Mrs. Craven said that James Col-len was chosen as their secretary uponthe recommendation of Martin Kelly.She had gone to Kelly to ask about get-ting a man who was familiar with legisla-tive methods. That was the Brat time shehad ever met Culleti. She found him tobe an unusually intelligent man and wasof the utmost value to the committee.He was still the secretary when the wit-ness went East on February 25, 1895.

"DiUhe receive a salary'?' asked Mr.Delmas.

"That Icannot testify to with accuracy.Miss Murphy had etiarge of our financialaff.urs.

'

Mr. Delmas now reverted to Mrs.Craven's consultation with GovernorBudd, and, after worrying through athorny hedge of object ons, got this ques-tion to the witness: "How did you tiap-pen to go to his Exceilencv's office?"

"Why, Mr. Kelly told me that the Gov-ernor wished to see me?"

''And you went there?""Yes.""Now, when you met the Governor

what did he say to you and what did yousay to him? :l

"1suppose he spoke first and said 'Howdo you do, Mrs. Craven.'

"Wheeler wanted this stricken out be-

cause Mrs. Craven sa;d "Isuppose," andthe court favored him.

Resuming, the lady said that after theGovernor had promised to sign the teach-ers' pension bill he asked h»r where the IFair willwas that provided $50,000 for theteachers' pension funJ. He was, referringto the "pencil" will, an<i said he under-stood it provided f:,0).000 more than didthe "trust" will for Chanes L.Fair, hisclient. Cnaries, the Governor told her,had told him about that willin front ofthe Baldwin Hotel.

"While we were talking Martin Kellycame into the room and -<poke to GovernorBudd about some billbefore the Legisla-ture," continued Mrs. Craven. "TheGovernor impatiently turned to him andexclaimed, 'Martin, Martin, there is morein (Ida than in the whole Legislature.' "

This littlerevelation caused quite a.little Iripple ot laughter in the lobiy. Interest !tjrew apace when the lady continued hernarrative and related that the Governor jgrew quite enthusiastic over his prospects,and said that he would immediately havehis contract with Charley Fair aliered sothat his fee would be about $.50,000 more.His Excellency instructed her, she said, toget the will as soon as she could and notto breathe a word about it to anybody buthimself. He was particular to caution heragainst telling the Fair heirs or their at-torneys anything about the will.

"Did you have any communicationwith the attorneys for the Fair childrenafter your return from Sacramento?" was

••Well, Mr. Lloyd and Mr. Knightcalled at my house, but Idid not receivettvrn. They left their cards."

Going back to t;:e interview with Gov-ernor Budd. Mrs. Craven said that be toldncr that George A. Knight represented

Charies Fair, and that Mr. Lloyd waslooking out for the interests of the "girls."

"Did you ever have any communica-tion wiih Messrs. Lloyd or Knightafter

their call at your house?" asfced Mr.Delmas.

"1did. Iwent to Mr. Lloyd's office.""How did you hanpen to go there?""Why, Governor Budd sent word to me

to co and see Mr. Lloyd right away."Upon Mr*. Craven admitting that the

Governor did not give her these direc-tions in person, but by messenger.Wheeler succeeded in having the last an-swer stricten out as being hearsay. Mrs.Craven immediately straightened thematter out, however, by saying that shealso received word from ths Governor inperson over the telephon.

There was a shower of objections and anargument ovi-r a question as to Mrs. Cra-ven's motives for going to AttorneyLloyd's office, and the court linally ruleditout.

'•Did you go East, Mrs. Craven?""Idid.""Did you go there for the purpose of

petting the pencil will, as you had beendirected?"

Here were more objections and anotherargument. Daring tne debate and whileMr. De;mas was pouring hot snot into theenemy's camp because of the means theywere resorting to in order to defeat Mrs.Craven, Attorney Mitchell lost his temper

| and made a mean remark directed atJtidue Curtis. Mr. Delmas took him totits* for hi* disrespect and treated him toa sivere raking over the coals.

Apolou'ies followed and Judge Curtisre-established good feeling all around bymaking a humorous speech. It was thusthat tae day's proceedings ended.

LICENSED TO PULL TEETH.Forty-Three Grail nates K<-ceiv>* the De-

gree of Doctor of Dental Surgery.Forty-three young students of dentistry,

among whom were several ladies, gradu-ated last evening from the College of Den-tistry of the University of California.The graduating exercises were held in

Odd Fellows' Hall, which was moat artis-tically decorated for the ocession. Theopening prayer was made by Rev. \V. W.Bolton and the address on behalf of Ihefaculty was delivered by Profe-sor AllenH. Sueaett. Professor Martin Kellogg,president of the university, conferred thedegree of doctor of d-ntal sur.erv uponthe graduates and I!ev. W. W. Boltonclosed witha benedlct'on. The graduat-inc class consisted of the following:

Julian Woods Ashley, Benjamin Avery Bo«---qnl, Edwin Andrews Clay, Charles Alfredinffin, Orville Mirtland Colburn. Asa v.

lora Vaui Croall, Step.c-n I.Cushtng, li.'ore- Bamnel Donnelley, Judu<-Haley Piitham, Edward Be weIIPtake, HhwumlWest French, Kay E -.son (iiNon, HermanPierce Hanson, Frederic William Harnrten,Wmtam M«rced Henington, flic-odoreHiggins. William Kobiu HolUday. Walter Ren-wick Hughes, Charles Flti Howard Jarrii,Frank I). Johnson, Paul Clinton Jones, F..1---mond Douglas K^effe, Louis Joseph Kerwin,Clair Cutting Marcitres, Cbarles .losen'i Mc-Carthy, Milton McMurra. Jnltoa Ira M<>rn<..TRinPS Arthur Plunkett, Inomas HopkinsQuirk, George Washio >ntl. HurryClendenin Reynol.ts, Fnmk Oninka Robinson,

: May Ruhson, fijnard Weld Rnssell,Fannie Elsie Scott, Edwin Matthew Steaiey,Henry Btilea, Charles Maurice Samner, IHenrr lomkins. Edward Albright Upton, Mar-tinWachs, Thomas Rattray Wheeler.

YOSEMITE RACE CUT.The Valley Road Announces

an Important Reduc-ton.

Fare for the Round Trip From SanFrancisco Is Down to

$24.50

The managers of the Valley Railroadyesterday n;ade an important reductionin the rates of fare to the Yosemite Valiey.Tlie charge for the round trip was reducedfrom $29 30 to $24 .U. Toarlita ;:o by boatfrom tnis City to Stockton, thence by railto Merced and thence by stages of theCoulterville road to the valley. Tickeismay te had at the office of McLauehlin &BurKe, H'MMarket street, from the Valleyroad office, 321 Market street, or from theCalifornia Navigation ana ImprovementCompany's office at Washington-streetwharf.

The stages of the Jine are new, havingbeen built last winter specially for thistravel. In riding in the carryalls orwagonettes it seems like making the tripin one's own private carnage. The roadsare in good condition, the scenery on theroute is magnificent end the service at theeating stations is good.

Now that the season of vacation is atband, with Christians and schoolteacherson the win;:, ?iie tide of travel to thevalley may be largely increased.

HE BROKE THE TWENTY.Asked to Change a QoU I'in-.- >)»niei

ttennett Took the Occasion toCollect a Bill.

James Bennett, a conductor on theHoward-street line, was arre ted yester-day afternoon on a charge of pettylarceny, at the instance ot J. G. Whittier,contractor. The th<ft was a matter of$16, which, according toBennett, has s'.oodoetween the two for many months. Fromhis cell in the California-street station,where he was talcing the situation veryphilosophically, Bennett fold the story:

He said that he had worked for Whit-tier, and that the latter failed to pay himan indebtedness in the sum numed. Hehad, time ami again, requested payment,but had always been refused. On Wednes-day the two met to the Washingtonrestaurant on Mason street, opposite thepower-!iouse. When Whittier came to pay

liis score he handed the rasiiier a doubleeagle. He could not make the change.Whittier turned to Bennett, who sat at anear-by tabie, and asked him ifhe couldbreak a twenty. Bennett said he could,placed the gold piece in his pocket andhanded hack a five, remarking, "Now weare square." Whitlier made a fu«p. ofcourse, but Bennett could not be previiledupon to rive up the money which lieclaimed Wiiittier had owed him for solong a time. The result was the chargeof petty larceny.

MERCHANTS TOHAVE AN OUTING

WillGo Picnicking in Sun-set Park, Santa Cruz

Mountains.

A Long List of Handsome andCostly Przs Will Be

Distributed.

All the Downtown Houses Will BeClosed Tc-Morrow in Honor of

the Occasion

The merchants' picnic to Sunset I'ark inthe Santa Cruz Mountains to-morrowpromises to be the event of the season. Itis expected that fully 2500 people will bein attendance and accommodation hasbeen provide'! »or that number. Every-

! thing possible has been done for the com-j fort of the excursionists, and all who:make the tripmay rest assured that they!willhave a most enjoyable time. Prizes

valued at nearly $5000 will be distributedduring the day, and in consequence themajority of the excursionists should be

made happy. The programme of thegames, with the first, second and thirdprize-", is as follows:

Boys' race, from 12 to 15 year!"—A football,one dozen rockets, one box chewing gum.

Girls' race, Irom 12 to 15 years—

Box ofchocolate, boxnote paper, b<x of gum.

Young men's race, 18 10 25—

One boxcigars, one box cigarettes, one lantern.

Young ladi-s* race, 18 to 21 yenrs—

Jardi-nitre, pair of Oxford ties, one m.x.gum.

Porters' race—

Barrel oi beer in boules, one ibox cigary, a ii»m.

Inside salesmen of wholesale houses race—

One case whisky, one box cigars, one casewine.

Commercial trave ers' race—

One casewhisky, one box cigars, one buggy robe.

Race ior fat men, 228 pounds or over—One

case of brandy, one case of whisky, one casewine.

Three-legged race— One barrel beer, one boxcigars, one box c:ignrettes.

Married women's race— One box perfumery,1 ostrich duster, one case currant jelly.

Merchants' mid brokers' race—

A $15 pair!of ranis, one set carvers, one case whi*ky.

Pistol contest for police officers—

casechampagne, one gallon whisky,pair of shoes.

City and County officials' race— One caskbeer, one case whisky, one cannon (a 13---pounder).

Lady typewriters' race—

hat, card caseana 100 cards, one box chewing gum. In thisevent the lady who finishes last is to get anorder on her favorite restaurant for three Ilunches.

Newspaper men's race—

One case brandy,one case whisky,one vest.

From this list itwillbe seen that neverbefore has such a valuable list of prizesbeen offered at any similar outing. Ailthe gate prizes are on a similar scale, sothat tnose who do not winin the contestswill have a chance when the drawingcomes off.

The merchants do not seek to make acent out of tie undertaking, and all thesurplus funds will go to the Protestant, iCatholic and Hebrew orphan asylums.

Tne first picnic given by the associationwas in 1888, and itwas such a success thatone was held every year thereafter until189(3. Itwas intended not to hold a Rath-ering this year on account of tiie GoldenGate Carnival, and the surplus on hand,amounting to $298, from the last picnic |was donated to the Balboa boulevardfund. When th<> carnival (ellthrough themerchants decided to have their annualouting, and itwill take place to-morrow.

A committee Irom the San FranciscoCommercial Travelers' Association waspresent at a meeting of the various com-mittees held last Wednesday nignt andasked the privilege of having a s;ecial car.This was granted them, and they willattend the gathering 300 strong. TheUnited Commsrcial Travelers and theTravelers' Protective Association havegiven up their intention of having aseparate outing and willpicnic with theirmerchant iriends.

All the lar.e wholesale grocery-houseshave agreed to close if Tillman &Bendelwilldo likewise. Mr. Ti.lman is out oftown, but the chances are his house willfall into line, and to-morrow will practi-cally be a holiday in the downtown dis-trict.

Those having the affair in hand are:President, Thomas J. Harris; vice-presi-

dents. William K. Bracken, 1". \V. Van Sick-len. W. B. Wellman, William F. Man, a. Ven-*an<>, Frank H.Tyier, So» Ehrman, George H.Wheatou. Louis Getz, James McCarthy. Sam- ,

uel Sussman, Jacob Levy Jr., F. A. Brigham.Past pres:dents, A. R." Briges, W. Greer Har-

rison, George il.Sanderson, J. Levi Jr., W. W.Sanderso i,A. F.Baumgartner, Frank S. John-son, Thomas EL Browne. C. A. Hooper.

Secretary, Charles J. King.Treasurer, James A. Folger.Committee on transportation and grounds

—Harvey Brown Jr., chairman; H. Campe andCliffIreland.

Commitoe on printing—

Frank Bates, chair-man; \V.11. Roussell and L.Levenson.

Committ.'e on prizes—A. W. Meigs, chair-man; W. \V. Sanderson. William A. PchultzIr.. Walter Vonderlect, G-orge Jenuiugs, CarlWahlbacn, Milton Jones, H. C. TaSt, J. F.Adams, A. K. Green, F. A. Grifnng, W. G.Everts, C. E. Tarrunt and T. L.Blake.

Committeb on g«mes— P. .1. Kennedy, chair-man; Fred Coddington, W. A. Leiber, D.Gagan, William Lake, Stanley Fay, J. G.Castle, Aiex McDonald, Walter W. Hewitt, EaBlood and J. Farnsworth.

Committee on music— Frank h. Tyler, chair-man; William K.Bracken, A. E. Ehrman.

Pr.-ss committee— J. McCarthy, chairman;W. W. Sanderson and William A. pchultz Jr,

Floor committee—

Thomas H. Browne, floormanhger; George Lamb, carl Wonlbuch, SamMeyer, Frank Maxouey, J. L.Gooday, H. Roes-ler, H. H. Becker, Andy i'airick and JamesMargo.

AuaiU c committee— M. H. Weed, chai--man; William < lufl'and Eiail A. C. Engleberg.

Closing-no committee—

J. McCanny, F. H.Tyler and Emi! A. C. Engleber*:.

Some of the Gentlemen Who Have Bren From nent in Promotingthe Merchants' Outinp; That Is to Take Piace in SantaCruz Mountains To-Morrow.

WORK ON THE VALLEYROADFinishing; a Mile a Day South of Han-

ford—

Koiito From Richmondand the l'-ii;Bridge.

From what Chief Engineer Storey sayswork on the Valley Road is progressing asfast as could well be desired by the direct-ors ami friends of the road. The line isbeing competed nt the rate of about aHiiic a daj south of HanJord, and at pres-ent six miles of the road from that placeare finished.

"Ti.e work is also progressing well inthe ReedUy line," saiii Engineer Storey.'•The big bridge across Kines River,which i? to be when finished over a thou-sand feet long, is being pushed forwardsteadily, and ought to be done by August1. That is *he biggest bridge we have onour line. Iwiab it were done now; itwou.d enable us to expedite matters allalong in that part of t tie country.

"Now as tv the louie between PointRichmond and Stockton, which has at-tracted the attention of the vublic forqu.tea little wm!e, Iam obliged to say\u25a0hat it is still indefinite. We have two,three or four jart.es out, working on dif-lereni routes, ami ti.l we get the result oftheir tigare" wr cannot tell which route istiie best. So that is the way itstands.

"We hear nothing but the most flatter-ing reports of the condition of the fruit

and grain crop, as well as the yield of hayaiong t c line of the road. We willun-doubtedly do a big business wherever ourroad iscompleted.

A MENACE TO HEALTH.Supervisors Dccido that Carpet Beaters

and Cleaner* Must Leave the Resi-dence District*.

The Judiciary Committee of the Boardof Supervisors has decided that the carpetbeating and cleaning establishments ofthis City are nuisances, and that theymust be removed to districts where theywillnot be a menace to the public health.The following report willbe made to theboard on Monday:In the matter of the petition of property-

owners for th.; condemnation of theSpauld-;me Carpet-cleaning Works, situated on Te-hama street, between Fourth and Fifth, andfor the removal of all establishments of akindred character outside the residence dis-tricts, your committee would recommend:As this occupation, even when carried on withthe greatest precaution, is detrimental andprejudicial to the publichealth and comfortwe report in favor of prohibiting the carryingon or maintenance of carpet cleaning or beat-Ing works or shoddy works within that por-tion of the City and County described asioUows:

Commencing at the intersection of the bayof San Francisco with Devisadero street toThirteenth, thence along Thirteenth to Do-loies, thence along Dolores to Twenty-sixth,thence along Twenty-sixth to Sixteenth,thence to the bay and to the point of be-ginning.

WROTE ON A COLLAR.M. P. Jones' Queer Way of Attracting

the Attention of the Board ofHealth.

Weary of writing ordinary letters ofcomplaint to the Board of Health, M. P.Jones tried a new expedient yesterdaywit.'i marked success.

During the afternoon an envelope wasreceived containing a linen shirl-collarcovered with wilting. The writer statedthat he had written so many letters com-plaining about a broken sewer on Bryantstreet that tie had used up all his letter-paper and aad been compelled to beginon nis linen, lie complained of the lackofattention paid his emsilas and closedby saving thut he hoped the collar wouldbe worn by tne one itlitted.

HAS ACCEPTEDTHE PRESIDENCY.Frank Coombs WillPreside

Over the New RacingVenture.

If No Hitch Occur the Track atSan Clement WillBe Opsu

August I

J. E. Tade WillProbably Be Secretary.A $20,000 Grand Stand to Be

Construct d.

The projectors of the new Marin CountyJockey Club were yesterday in receipt ofa telegram from Frank Coombs of Naraaccepting th« presidency of tiie club whichwas tendered to him on Wednesday. W.S. Leake, to whom the position of secre-tary was offered, stated yesterday thatbusiness cares prevented him from again

taking any active part in racing affairs.J. E. Tade. the efficient assistant underMr. Leake when that gentleman was sec*retary of the Pacific Coast Jockey Club,was then proposed and itis said das signi-fied his acceptance. Mr. Hotaling's namewillhardly appear among the officers ofthe new organization, but with the posi-tions of president and secretary filled therest willoeeasy, to use a turf expression.

One of the prime movers in the newventure said yesterday that the plans andspecifications for the grounds and grandstand were already drawn up and thatthe lease for the tract of land selectedwillprobably be filed within the next threedays. Tne grand stand, which will becapable of seating 2000 persons, willbe ofa modest type of architecture, costing inthe neighborhood of $20,000. The grad-ing for the track, whicn will be six fur-iongs in circumference with a "shoot"cutting across the inner field from the farlurn to the wire, willbe done by Warren <fcMalley. Good and comfortable stablingroom willbe provided for horsemen andtheir charge*. It will be opened to thepublic on August 1.

The stock willbe nodrue on the market,as it is said to be ingood demand. Amongthose mentioned as probable shareholdersare George Rose, the well-known book-maker; Senator Mahoney, Charles Faira:d Joe Harvey, owner of the speedyWheel of Fortune and other horses.

Regarding the cost of transportation toSan Clement, the sue of the new course, itis quite likely that 50 cents will take race-goers to and (roia the track as well asadmitting them to the grounds. A for-eign book will be put on for the accom*ruodation of those wishing to play theEastern races.

As yet, to use Bookmaker George Rose'swords, "matters are in the rough," but ina few days the appointments and planswillbe given more fully to the public.

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Well they are good tuits—high-grade gar-ments, every one. Sir.gie and double breastedsacks in the late shades. All wool and madein the tip of fashion. Worth every cent of$i^ and $20 —

and sold for these prices toowhen the season was at its height Whyshouldn't they go out quick ?

Alex. T. Stewart, the great New York mer-chant, who died some years ago, made hismillions by just such sensible methods as re-fusing to carry goods over from one seasonto another. That's the method we are fol-lowing now.

Remember, next week is the last of thisgreat nine dollar sale.

S. N. WOOD & CO.(COLUMBIAN WOOLEN MILLS).

541 Market Street,Directly Opposite Sansome.

tstate of Alex. Mackav.

The sale inaugurated to adjust af-fairs willcontinue only a few weeks.

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Furniture,Carpets,

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Prices are cut in every department.

ALEX. VIACKAY&SON715 Market Street.

NOTARY PUBLIC.A. J. HENRY, NOTARY PUBLIC,

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